Two novel ethylene-assimilating bacteria, strains ETY-M and ETY-NAG, were isolated from seawater around Japan. The characteristics of both strains were investigated, and phylogenetic analyses of their 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that they belonged to the genus Haliea. In C1-4 gaseous hydrocarbons, both strains grew only on ethylene, but degraded ethane, propylene, and propane in addition to ...

Depending on logistics, whole blood has to be stored for several hours after collection. If storage time exceeds 8 h, storage has to be at 1-6 degrees C to comply with FDA regulations. In the Netherlands, however, whole blood is also stored for 12-15 h at 20-24 degrees C using butane-1,4-diol cooling devices. We compared these two storage methods for factor VIII recovery in plasma and cryopreci...

Transferable ZnO tetrapods were grown by an aqueous solution method. An individual ZnO tetrapod-based sensor was fabricated by in situ lift-out technique and its ultraviolet (UV) and gas sensing properties were investigated. This single tetrapod-based device responds to the UV light rapidly and showed a recovery time of about 23 s. The sensitivity of a single ZnO tetrapod sensor to oxygen conce...

The mol-ecule of the title compound, C(16)H(21)BO(2), comprises a chiral fused tricyclic system containing five-membered (1,3,2-dioxaborolane), six-membered (cyclo-hexa-ne) and four-membered (cyclo-butane) rings. The 1,3,2-dioxaborolane ring is almost planar (r.m.s. deviation = 0.035 Å), and the syn H and Me substituents at this ring are in an eclipsed conformation. The cyclo-hexane and cyclo-b...

The title compound {sys-tematic name: bis(μ(2)-dihydrogen 4-aza-niumyl-1-hy-droxy-butane-1,1-di-phos-pho-n-ato)bis-[aqua-(dihydrogen 4-aza-nium-yl-1-hy-droxy-butane-1,1-diphospho-n-ato)nickel(II)] dihydrate}, [Ni(2)(C(4)H(12)NO(7)P(2))(4)(H(2)O)(2)]·2H(2)O, was synthesiized under hydro-thermal conditions. Its structure is isotypic with the Co(II) analogue. The crystal structure is built up from...

In the title mononuclear coordination complex, [CuFe(C(5)H(5))(C(9)H(5)F(3)O(2))(C(18)H(15)P)(2)], the Cu(I) ion is coordinated by the chelating β-diketonate 1-ferrocenyl-4,4,4-trifluoro-butane-1,3-dione ligand through two O atoms and the two datively bonded triphenyl-phosphane ligands resulting in a distorted tetra-hedral coordination sphere. The Cu(I) ion, together with its chelating butane-1...

This work reports high-pressure cloud point data for the quaternary system glycerol + olive oil + n-butane + AOT surfactant. The static synthetic method, using a variable-volume view cell, was employed for obtaining the experimental data at pressures up to 27 MPa. The effects of glycerol/olive oil concentration and surfactant addition on the pressure transition values were evaluated in the temp...